China's 'State Capitalism' Sparks a Global Backlash ... Since the
end of the Cold War, the world's powers have generally agreed on the
wisdom of letting market competition—more than government planning—shape
economic outcomes. China's national economic strategy is disrupting
that consensus, and a look at the ascent of solar-energy magnate Zhu
Gongshan explains why. A shortage of polycrystalline silicon—the main
raw material for solar panels—was threatening China's burgeoning
solar-energy industry in 2007. Polysilicon prices soared, hitting $450 a
kilogram in 2008, up tenfold in a year. Foreign companies dominated
production and were passing those high costs onto China. Beijing's
response was swift: development of domestic polysilicon supplies was
declared a national priority ... Today, China makes about a quarter of
the world's polysilicon and controls roughly half the global market for
finished solar-power equipment. – Wall Street Journal

Dominant social theme: China derives too many advantages from state-controlled capitalism. The West must reluctantly adapt.